The design studios exhibiting at Indigo Brussels Home Edition are getting fully prepared to present you their inspiring new collections in a just a few weeks time! Click here to discover all the inspiring studios that will be at Tour & Taxis in Brussels from Wednesday 6 until Friday 8 September!

MoOD & Indigo Brussels give your exhibition experience a real boost. Besides numerous warm contacts at the stands, you can get oxygen and energy for all your new plans and enjoy a nice break. Have a look at the map and discover the extended offer at MoOD / Indigo Brussels.

Richard is 28 years of age and has been working in his father’s studio, Haley Studios in West Yorkshire, for about 5 years. The studio was founded in the early 90-ties by Geoff Haley. His passion started in the carpet industry and oozed over into all domains of the textile industry. Geoff worked fully analogue. Up to the point Richard joined the company.

Mick Verbeek is the son of Chris Verbeek, who is the owner of the Dutch Verbeek designs. They are active in 32 countries, including the US. Mick is 28 and has been working in his dad’s company for 2 years. And even that was unintended, because Mick wanted a job in education.

On Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 and Friday 8 September the focus on experience will be continued with MoOD, Indigo Brussels, MoOD Innovation, MoOD Tech and the 18/19 trend story. Join us at Tour & Taxis, Brussels!

PASSAGES is all about the effect of our nomadic lifestyle and the continuous transition in which we find ourselves. It’s about fluid times that are plainly fascinating. Because change is linked to challenges and astonishment. The theme has 4 key elements. We are happy to lift a veil for you.

We asked the MoOD concertation members to pick their three favourite colours and tell us which trend will become the most influential. Axel Venn, Venn Textil Consulting Berlin, talks ‘Inkarnat Farben”.

MoOD & Indigo Brussels are getting ready for an exciting new edition. Both shows have changed strategically as an exhibition, focussing on the commercial transactions and providing even more room for face to face meetings and discoveries. An evolution which will most certainly continue at the upcoming edition.

We asked five MoOD concertation members to pick their three favourite colours and tell us which trend will become the most influential. First interiview of five: Marie Rouillon, Trend & Colour consultant Colour Hive - Trends stylist MIX Magazine (UK)

An intriguing exhibitor at Indigo Brussels is Nicole Scharpfenecker of Design & Color. This Dutch designer started her company about ten years ago, in combination with a part-time job. Before that, she was working for a number of companies as a colorist and stylist. Today, Design & Color is also an agency, that works with its own designers, originating from all over the world. It makes designs for wallpaper, bed and interior textiles, fashion, wrapping paper, etcetera…

As a nation, the French will be represented the best at Indigo Brussels. No less than 18 of the 85 studios find their origin in France. A remarkable French exhibitor is Antoinette & Freddy, a studio based in Montpellier. Both women present extraordinary hand-painted designs in a world that is ever more dominated by all that is digital.

At Indigo Brussels, it is all about the creation of trendy patterns and inspiring manufacturers for their (textile) products. A special exhibitor is the Ukrainian Creola Studio, that is specialized in industrial design. Creola does more than just develop trendy patterns, and also optimizes design concepts for production.

British designer Diane Harrison is a household name at Indigo Brussels. Exactly 32 years ago, in 1984, she started her own company, Diane Harrison Designs Ltd. At Indigo, Diane Harrison Designs Ltd has a première, as it is in Brussels, the company reveals a completely digitally printed collection.

A remarkable ‘first-timer’ among the around ten new studios at Indigo Brussels is studio SC tOUCH, that promises to showcase fresh and powerful designs. This studio was founded by Serkan Caglar, an up and coming designer, who studied Textile Design in his home country Turkey. Serkan visited several textile fairs in Europe (Domotex, Heimtextil,…) after winning a design competition during his training and finally ended up in Linz (Austria).